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Plunging interest rates (and Yellen’s little scheme from mid-March) have been the gasoline powering this rally. It is therefore important to watch for any kind of inflection point. The TBT (ultra-short fund based on bonds) is getting close to a crucial price gap, which in my estimation could be such a pivot point.
Below is a chart of Alphabet (symbol GOOGL) which has a rather interesting analog with what it was doing two years ago. Both now, and then, the stock had broken a trendline (drawn in each case in red, and which are roughly parallel with one another) and had bounced to the underside, only to be followed by a lot more weakness. GOOGL is, as you know, one of the Mag-7 stocks, and if this weakens, it will poison the entire equity market.
The array of “green” superstars from 2021 which, even in this totally bogus, bull-gasmic environment, are getting destroyed and seem to be plunging toward bankruptcy, is eye-popping:
Here is an engaging and educational discussion with a well-known historian:
One of my bearish positions is Netflix (NFLX) against which I own $485 March 15th 2024 puts. I intend to stick with this as long as it does not surpass the dashed line I’ve drawn at the price level of $485.
